Ernst — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ernst

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,383 babies named Ernst between 1880 and 2021, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ernst currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ernst performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ernst shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 124 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ernst in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ernst in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,383 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.